Paul “JJ” Johnson
Biography:
Paul “JJ” Johnson represents real estate developers, investors, financial institutions and businesses in a wide range of commercial transactions. Mr. Johnson’s goal is to provide high quality, cost effective representation, while also helping to facilitate a successful transaction for his clients.
Mr. Johnson has extensive experience representing commercial and residential developers through all phases of the development process. He has represented clients in the acquisition, leasing, development and sale of retail shopping centers and NNN properties involving tenants such as Publix Super Markets, LA Fitness, Hobby Lobby, McDonalds, Wendy’s, Fifth Third Bank, JP Morgan Chase, 7-Eleven, and Starbucks. Mr. Johnson has represented national and local homebuilders, condominium developers and apartment developers in the acquisition, development and sale of residential properties, and he has represented institutional and private lenders in commercial and private loans secured by real and intangible property.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Johnson served as General Counsel and was an equity partner for a retail development company where he was responsible for all legal work related to the development of over 500,000 square feet of space. This experience has given him valuable insight into the business aspects of a successful development. Mr. Johnson has also practiced at several prominent law firms, including the international law firm Greenberg Traurig.
Publications by Mr. Johnson include: Confidentiality in Mediation: What Can Florida Glean From the Uniform Mediation Act, Florida State University Law Review, Volume 30, Number 3, Spring 2003.
State Bar Admissions:
Community Involvement:
Mr. Johnson is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers and is a parishioner at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Winter Park.
Education:
- J.D., Cum Laude, Florida State University
- Article’s Editor, Florida State University Business Review
- Dean’s List multiple semesters
- Book Awards- Gratuitous Transfers, Accounting and the Law
- Academic Scholarship
- B.S., Florida State University